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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the career and technology education allotment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 48.106, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 48.106. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ALLOTMENT. |
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(a) For each full-time equivalent student in average daily |
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attendance in an approved career and technology education program |
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in grades 7 through 12, a district is entitled to: |
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(1) an annual allotment equal to the basic allotment |
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multiplied by a weightthe largest of the following weights for |
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which the time included as a full-time equivalent student |
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qualifies:of 1.35; and |
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(2) $50 for each of the following in which the student |
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is enrolled : |
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(A) two or more advanced career and technology |
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education classes for a total of three or more credits ; |
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(B) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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Section 29.556; or |
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(C) a campus that is a member of the New Tech |
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Network and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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education. |
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(1) 1.0; All CTE courses not in an approved program of |
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study |
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(2) 1.28 for career and technology level 1 and 2 |
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courses in an approved program of study; or |
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(3) 1.48 for a career and technology education level 3 |
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and 4 courses in an approved program of study. |
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(c) A district is entitled to $50 for each student in |
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average daily attendance enrolled in each of the following: |
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(1) a campus designated as a P-TECH school under |
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Section 29.556; or |
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(2) a campus that is a member of the New Tech Network |
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and that focuses on project-based learning and work-based |
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education. |
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(d) In this section: |
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(1) "Career and technology education class" and |
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"Approved career and technology education program" is a sequence of |
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career and technology courses, including technology applications |
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courses, authorized by the State Board of Educationinclude |
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technology applications courses. |
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(2) "Full-time equivalent student" means 30 hours of |
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contact a week between a student and career and technology |
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education program personnel. |
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(3) "Approved career and technology education |
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program" in grades 7 and 8, only includes courses that would qualify |
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in grades 9-12. |
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(4) "Program of study" means a course sequence that |
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provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary for |
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success in their chosen career and that is approved by the agency |
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per the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st |
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Century Act (Perkins V). |
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(c) (e) At least 55 percent of the funds allocated under |
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this section must be used in providing career and technology |
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education programs in grades 7 through 12. |
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(f) The agency shall identify programs of study and courses |
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that qualify for subsections (b)(2) and (3). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |